Deuteronomy 7:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

the LORD will force them out of the land. Then you must destroy them without mercy. Don't make any peace treaties with them,

Cross References

Genesis 14:20

All praise belongs to God Most High for helping you defeat your enemies.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.

2 Samuel 21:2

The Gibeonites were not Israelites; they were descendants of the Amorites. The people of Israel had promised not to kill them, but Saul had tried to kill them because he wanted Israel and Judah to control all the land. David called the Gibeonites to him, and he talked with them.

1 Kings 20:34

Benhadad said, “I'll give back the towns my father took from your father. And you can have shops in Damascus, just as my father had in Samaria.” Ahab replied, “If you do these things, I'll let you go free.” Then they signed a peace treaty, and Ahab let Benhadad go.

Ezra 10:3

if we follow your advice and the advice of others who truly respect the laws of God. We must promise God that we will divorce our foreign wives and send them away, together with their children.

Psalm 106:34

Our LORD, they disobeyed you by refusing to destroy the nations.

Exodus 22:20

Death is the punishment for offering sacrifices to any god except me.

Numbers 21:2

The Israelites prayed, “Our LORD, if you will help us defeat these Canaanites, we will completely destroy their towns and everything in them, to show that they belong to you.”

Numbers 31:17

You must put to death every boy and all the women who have ever had sex.

Numbers 33:52

you must force out the people living there. Destroy their idols and tear down their altars.

Deuteronomy 19:13

Israel, for the good of the whole country, you must kill anyone who murders an innocent person. Never show mercy to a murderer!

Deuteronomy 2:33

and the LORD our God helped us defeat them. We killed Sihon, his sons, and everyone else in his army.

Deuteronomy 2:34

Then we captured and destroyed every town in Sihon's kingdom, killing everyone,

Deuteronomy 23:14

You must keep your camp clean of filthy and disgusting things. The LORD is always present in your camp, ready to rescue you and give you victory over your enemies. But if he sees something disgusting in your camp, he may turn around and leave.

Deuteronomy 25:12

you must cut off her hand. Don't have any mercy.

Deuteronomy 3:3

The LORD our God helped us destroy Og and his army and conquer his entire kingdom of Bashan, including the Argob region. His kingdom had lots of villages and sixty towns with high walls and gates that locked with bars. We completely destroyed them all, killing everyone,

Deuteronomy 33:27

The eternal God is our hiding place; he carries us in his arms. When God tells you to destroy your enemies, he will make them run.

Deuteronomy 7:16

When the LORD helps you defeat your enemies, you must destroy them without pity! And don't get trapped into worshipping their gods.

Deuteronomy 9:3

But the LORD your God has promised to go ahead of you, like a raging fire burning everything in its path. So when you attack your enemies, it will be easy for you to destroy them and take their land.

Joshua 10:28

Later that day, Joshua captured Makkedah and killed its king and everyone else in the town, just as he had done at Jericho.

Joshua 10:30

The LORD let them capture the town and its king, and they killed the king and everyone else, just as they had done at Jericho.

Joshua 10:32

and the next day the LORD let them capture the town. They killed everyone, as they had done at Libnah.

Joshua 10:40

Joshua captured towns everywhere in the land: in the central hill country and the foothills to the west, in the Southern Desert and the region that slopes down towards the Dead Sea. Whenever he captured a town, he would kill the king and everyone else, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded.

Joshua 10:42

The LORD fought on Israel's side, so Joshua and the Israelite army were able to capture these kings and take their land. They fought one battle after another, then they went back to their camp at Gilgal after capturing all that land.

Joshua 11:8

and crippled the enemies' horses. Joshua followed the LORD's instructions, and the LORD helped Israel defeat the enemy. The Israelite army even chased enemy soldiers as far as Misrephoth-Maim to the north-west, the city of Sidon to the north, and Mizpeh Valley to the north-east. None of the enemy soldiers escaped alive. The Israelites came back after the battle and burnt the enemy's chariots.

Joshua 2:14

“Rahab,” the spies answered, “if you keep quiet about what we're doing, we promise to be kind to you when the LORD gives us this land. We pray that the LORD will kill us if we don't keep our promise!”

Joshua 21:44

There still were enemies around Israel, but the LORD kept his promise to let his people live in peace. And whenever the Israelites did have to go to war, no enemy could defeat them. The LORD always helped Israel win.

Joshua 9:24

The Gibeonites answered, “The LORD your God told his servant Moses that you were to kill everyone who lives here and take their land for yourselves. We were afraid you would kill us, and so we tricked you into making a peace treaty. But we agreed to be your servants,

Joshua 9:7

The Israelites replied, “But perhaps you really live near us. We can't make a peace treaty with you if you live nearby.” The Gibeonites said, “If you make a peace treaty with us, we will be your servants.” “Who are you?” Joshua asked. “Where do you come from?” They answered:

Judges 1:24

While the spies were watching the town, a man came out, and they told him, “If you show us how our army can get into the town, we will make sure that you aren't harmed.”

Judges 1:4

Together they attacked an army of ten thousand Canaanites and Perizzites at Bezek, and the LORD helped Judah defeat them. During the battle, Judah's army found out where the king of Bezek was, and they attacked there.

Judges 2:2

and you promised not to make any peace treaties with the other nations that live in the land. Besides that, you agreed to tear down the altars where they sacrifice to their idols. But you didn't keep your promise.